Among the more productive things I remember from public school are the hours of impromptu journaling that occured under the teachers' radar!  It was always exciting to see a note from my friend come across my desktop.  

Why not pass notes while homeschooling?

I gave each of the girls a pretty little composition notebook that we pass back and forth, taking turns and alternating pages as we fill it with love notes, drawings, poems, song lyrics, a scripture that comes to mind, or just ponderings.  These aren't graded or corrected; just enjoyed.

The children are always delighted to see their "mommy notebook" returned to their school book stack!  (And when I see their books returned to my desk I open them eagerly, wondering what they have to share with me today!)

This morning Kaira and Keianna each got silly personalized limerick's (along with little stream-of-consciousness notes from whatever else fell out of my brain.) 

Kendra just returned hers to me with some sweet nothings and delightful original poetry and artwork.